Using license terms to streamline interlibrary loan and electronic resources communication

Abstract

Licenses dictate how libraries can lend electronic interlibrary loan materials to other institutions. The nuances of these licenses are often varied and difficult to track, particularly for non-electronic resource librarians. University of Kentucky Libraries’ Interlibrary Loan and Electronic Resources units streamlined the communication of licensing terms by using the license term module within Alma.

Keywords:

• Electronic resources
• interlibrary loan
• licenses
• Ex Libris
• Alma
• communication

Acknowledgements

A big thank you to Victoria Seng, whose work as a graduate assistant made this project possible.